Warcraft fans' fury at Blizzard over server closure

Re:Warcraft fans' fury at Blizzard over server closure by oxide on Thursday April 14, 2016 @07:00PM (#11500931)

That's hilarious. There were also huge gatherings, etc. I found it easy to relate to the players as far as mourning the loss goes.

It reminds me of watching an MMO I loved, The Realm Online, die slowly. It's still technically around, but development has all but ceased and the player count is ~25. IIRC it was purchased by a family who eventually let all the programmers and artists go.

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Re:Warcraft fans' fury at Blizzard over server closure by TaylorGood on Thursday April 14, 2016 @07:40PM (#11501103)

Would love to play Unreal Tournament here and there.. N64 Goldeneye multi-player shall suffice in the meantime

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Re:Warcraft fans' fury at Blizzard over server closure by Mendenhall on Thursday April 14, 2016 @07:50PM (#11501135)

Two all time great shooters. Goldeneye, pistols only, health turned down.

I also loved all the boards an things you could do on UT, teleport disk and jumpboots for flag running etc.

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Re:Warcraft fans' fury at Blizzard over server closure by seanp2k2 on Thursday April 14, 2016 @10:37PM (#11501705)

Quake 3 Weapons Factory Arena mod was my jam. 16 vs 16 on dial up in ~2000-2002 was amazing. Tribes was also fun, as was UT2k3 with low grav. I always liked ridiculous mods. TF2 was / is also great, especially the madness that was 3-pg: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=egGAPrNCj0M and the Wacky Races maps: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oPP7PnEtTmQ

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Re:Warcraft fans' fury at Blizzard over server closure by eropple on Friday April 15, 2016 @01:07AM (#11502314)

I still have UT99 LAN parties once in a while (maybe twice a year). Laptops and mice all over the apartment.

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